Name: A HIRADO MIZUSASHI [WATER JAR] DEPICTING ORCHID PAVILION GATHERING
Brand: EDO PERIOD (EARLY 19TH CENTURY)
Price: 2000.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

A HIRADO MIZUSASHI [WATER JAR] DEPICTING ORCHID PAVILION GATHERING
EDO PERIOD (EARLY 19TH CENTURY)
The ovoid body decorated in underglaze blue with scenes from the Chinese Lanting (Orchid Pavilion) Gathering, depicting scholars and poets in a pavilion and garden, some composing and writing poetry, some drinking wine and some floating cups down a stream, all beneath scrolling clouds, with a fitted wood box
19.5 cm. high

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The legendary gathering at the Lanting (Orchid Pavilion) took place in the Eastern Jin dynasty (AD 353). Forty-two scholars were invited to the Orchid Pavilion near Shanyin, Zhejiang province, for the Spring Purification Festival. The participants were given one initial character and were tasked to compose poems. Those who produced two poems had to drink one cup of wine while those who only composed one poem drank two cups, and those who failed to compose any poetry at all, paid a forfeit of consuming three cups.